Nico Rosberg just beat his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by a tenth of a second to take pole for Sunday\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix. Rosberg was .076 seconds faster than his team-mate. The session was cut short after Red Bull\u2019s Daniil Kyvat crashed in the closing seconds of Q3.<\/p>\n
The Russian suffered a huge impact after getting a wheel onto the grass losing control of the car sending him into a roll. Kvyat said that he was ok over team radio but is being checked over by doctors as is routine following a huge crash.<\/p>\n
It has reminded people how Suzuka can fight back against the tiniest error and is one of the most challenging track in the world.<\/p>\n
Valtteri Bottas qualified third for Williams with Ferrari\u2019s Sebastian Vettel fourth. It was the similar for their team-mates with Felipe Massa ahead of former Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen sixth.<\/p>\n
Force India\u2019s Nico Hulkenberg qualified just outside the top ten but he will drop three places because of a crash with Massa on Sunday in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz dropped out in Q2. However Verstappen couldn\u2019t run in that session after he suffered a loss of power at the end of Q1.<\/p>\n
Mercedes have returned to where they are expected after making mistakes last weekend in Singapore. It is believed they made mistakes in the set-up of the car, but they have been back at their dominant best around the fast swerves of Suzuka.<\/p>\n
Jenson Button had difficulties even before he went out with McLaren telling him not to use a specific engine setting on his first run, which meant he lacked hybrid boost for half his first flying lap in the first part of qualifying. While Fernando Alonso qualified fourteenth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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